er as folk ne knowe{n} nat ?ilke dignites. her hono{ur}s
vanissen awey {and} ?at on oon. but ?at is a-mong straung folk. maist
?ou sein. but amo{n}g{us} hem ?at ?ei weren born duren ?ilk[e] dignites
alwey. ? Certys ?e dignite of ?
e
p{ro}uostrie
of Rome was somtyme a
grete power.
now is it no ?ing but an ydel name. {and} ?e rente of ?e
senatorie a g{r}et charge. {and} yif a whi?t somtyme hadde ?e office to
taken he[de] to ?e vitailes of ?e poeple as of corne {and} what o?er
?inges he was holden amonges grete. but what ?ing is more nowe out cast
?anne ?
